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SUV driver killed, 15-year-old and 55-year-old seriously injured in crash on US 17 in Green Cove Springs

File photo of Florida Highway Patrol cruiser (WJXT 2020)

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – The driver of an SUV was killed and three other people were injured in a crash on U.S. 17 in Green Cove Springs Sunday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash happened around 2 p.m. at the intersection with Bayard Street, according to FHP.

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Deputies said a 78-year-old woman driving a Toyota 4Runner was traveling northbound on US 17 in the left lane. At the same time, a Ford F-150 pickup truck was stopped in the southbound left turn lane.

For unknown reasons, the woman veered into the southbound lanes. crashed with the pickup truck, and overturned, according to the FHP report.

The woman, from Fleming Island, died at the hospital, deputies said.

The 4Runner’s passengers, a 15-year-old girl from Fleming Island and a 55-year-old man from Gainesville, were transported to a hospital with serious injuries, according to the FHP report.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 47-year-old man from Green Cove Springs, suffered minor injuries, deputies said.


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